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GARMENT.

APPLICATIGN FILED OCT. 30. l9i4.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED ocT. 30, I9I4.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

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ISIDORE SCHWARTZ, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT.

Application fried october so, 1914. serial No. 869,378.

To all whom. t may concern:

Be it known that 1, IsiDoRn SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough nof the Bronx, county of the Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mproved Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

-This invention relates to improvements in garments, and particularly to sweaters though the principle may be used with any other form of wearing apparel of substantially similar type, and has for an object to provide an improved arrangement of means for holding the sweater or other garment closed.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a coat structure one or more sashes or belts which may be utilized for holding the coat structure closed while presenting a neat and pleasing appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a sweater embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a section through Fig. 1 approximately on line 2 2; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 buwt showing the garment open; Fig. 4L is a sction through Fig. 3 on line 4 4, the same being on an enlarged scale.

In constructing a garment embodying the invention the same may be made from knit or woven material or in fact of any kind of material but for the purpose of description and showing in the drawing a sweater is disclosed. It will therefore be evident that the term sweater7 is intended to cover any similar type of arrangement whether knit or otherwise made.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a body of a sweater which is made so as to present any desired style, and which is provided with a collar 2. Sleeves 3 and 4 are also provided which may be of any style. The style of the sleeves, collar and body may be varied at any time without departing from the spirit of the invention provided the same are associated with the sashes 5 and 6. As shown more clearly in Fig. 2, sash 5 is connected at 7 to the front 8, the connection being made in any desired way, as for instance by being stitched thereto or by being knit integral therewith. The sash 5 is intended to be threaded through the opening 9 so that the sash 5 may be pulled and thereby cause front 8 to be positioned beneath part of Specification of Letters Patent.

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front 1Q. The sash 6 is threaded through an opening 1l in t-he trimming or hem 12,

and extends through this trimming or hem so as to overlap opening9 and thereby hide the same. The edges of theextension 13 are preferably connected with the front 10 along lines 14 and 15, the connection `being in any desired manner, as for instance stitching. It will be noted that the fronts may be overlapped as shown in Fig. 2 or may be overlapped to a less extent whenever desired. This overlapping will allow a single garment to fit different figures. The overlapping as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 will cause the garment to fit a small figure but if the fronts were merely in contact without any appreciable overlapping the garment would fit a large figure. 0f course, in order to maintain a proper i'it the overlapping is not excessive, as for instance the overlapping would be sufficient ordinarily for accommodating a thirtv six to thirty eight bust. For a larger person the next largest sized garment would be provided, which next sized larger garment would probably range from thirty eight to forty two in size and so on. .It is of course evident that if the opening 9 was moved over farther in front 10 or away from the edge the garment could be adjusted to a greater extent though this would be somewhat objectionable as it would destroy to a certain extent the proper appearance of the garment, that is, the proper setting of the garment.

In operation, the sash 6 is threaded through 'the opening 9 and the sashes are brought on the side as shown in Fig. 1 and there tied or looped together in any desired manner. 1f preferable the sashes could be tied at the back so as to hang down and give a slightly different appearance thereby.

In constructing and arranging the various parts the idea is retained of overlapping part of the fronts for slightly varying the size. The idea also is retained of presenting a belt structure as well as an adjusting me1nber for holding the garment closed and in the proper overlapped position.

1. 1n a garment of the class described, a body provided with a pair of fronts which may be overlapped, one of said fronts having an opening adjacent the edge, a sash secured to said last mentioned front and extending to a position so that the end will overlap said opening and forming a Hap therefor, and a sash secured to the vother front adapted to be threaded through said opening whereby said fronts may be pulled in opposite directions for causing any desired overlapping, said sashes being designed to be passed around the body and tied or otherwise connected together.

2. In a garment of the class described, a body provided With a pair of fronts, each of said fronts having a front trimming hem, .one of said fronts having an opening and arranged so that the .endwill act as a Copies .of this patent may be obtained for flap for said opening, said belt passing beneath the hem on said last mentioned front, anda second belt secured to the other front and adapted to pass through said opening, said belts being adapted to be tied or other- Wise connected together after having been passed around the body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISIDORE SCHWARTZ. y Witnesses A. L. Krroi-HN, PHILU? D. ROLLHAUS.

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